Cognomen Tanaka (タナカ 
, Tanaka 
, 田中 
) , all around the world, is a common last name. The last name Tanaka is habitual in Hong Kong, where it is quite a common surname, Japan, where it is quite a rare surname, and Paraguay. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Japan, Brazil, and Indonesia. More frequently, Tanaka is the forename as well as the last name.
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| タナカ | Japan |
| Tanaka | Japan, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Brazil, United States |
| 田中 | Japan, China |
| Танака | Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
| tanaka kiyotoshi Japanese artisan (1804-1876) (b. 1804) |
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| shūtei tanaka Japanese ukiyo-e artist (1810-1858) (b. 1810) |
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| tanaka tokuaki Japanese swordsmith (1840-1889) (b. 1840) |
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| tanaka yoshikado (b. 1841) |
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| tanaka odo born 1867, Tomioka , Saitama prefecture, Japan—died May 9, 1932, Tokyo; [Tanaka Kiichi], JP (b. 1867) |
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| morinosuke tanaka (b. 1875) |
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| yashushi tanaka French artist (b. 1886) |
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| ryōgetsu tanaka (b. 1880) |
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| toyozō tanaka (b. 1881) |
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| ippei tanaka (b. 1882) |
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seiichi tanaka musician, US (b. 1943) |
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| shōzaburō tanaka (b. 1888) |
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| zennosuke tanaka (b. 1889) |
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| paul kotaro tanaka (b. 1890) |
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| taietsu tanaka (b. 1890) |
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